Mbapp, Lewandowski said he will suffer quality with the biennial World Cup

French striker Kylian Mbappe and Polish striker Robert Lewandowski have expressed reservations about the biennial World Cup, saying the quality would be a blow if overworked players were forced to play in the tournament every two years.

Every two years, the idea of ​​a World Cup is gaining momentum with FIFA President Gianni Infantino, seeking the support of national federations, saying that this change would lead to unity. $ 4.4 billion in additional revenue for the body of the world. However, the proposal has been met with strong opposition from UEFA and CONMEBOL, the governing bodies of Europe and South America, respectively, with UEFA President Aleksander Ceferin threatening to boycott any other tournament.

“I have no idea whether it’s a good idea or a bad one, but my opinion is that the World Cup is the World Cup; it’s a special thing because it’s something that is done every four years,” said Mbappe, winner of the 2018 World Cup. On Monday, the Globe Soccer Awards.

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“(The best thing in the world is the best competition). Once every two years, it can be normal to play in the World Cup. I mean, that’s not normal. That (should be) something amazing.

“We play more than 60 games a year. The Euros, the World Cup, now the League of Nations, you have so many competitions. We’re happy to play but when it’s too much, it’s too much. We need to recover, we need to be calm. If people want to see the quality of the game, the excitement, the beauty of football, I think we have to respect the health of the players. “

Lewandowski said he was “not a fan” of the idea of ​​playing in the World Cup every two years, citing the workload of the players.

“Every year we have so many games, so many hard weeks, not just games, but preparation for the season, preparation for the big tournaments,” said the Bayern Munich striker.

“If you want to offer something special, something different, we also need a break.

“If we hold a World Cup every two years, the hope is that the time when footballers play at a high level will come down … It’s physically and mentally impossible.”